MIAMI GARDENS, Fla – The Jets sputtered and stumbled in a 13-6 loss to the Dolphins on Sunday, thanks to a horrid offensive display filled with calamity.

There were plenty of reasons for Gang Green’s third consecutive defeat, including poor choices by a rookie quarterback, horrific snaps by a veteran center and perhaps just a lack of sheer talent.

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Regardless, the Jets (3-6) have become more unwatchable by the week.

Todd Bowles’ team has lost 11 of 13 games on the road dating back to the start of last season.

Sam Darnold threw four interceptions, a career-high, including three in the fourth quarter to seal the Jets’ fate.

Center Spencer Long was mercifully replaced late in the fourth quarter after three terrible snaps, including one that prompted Darnold’s fourth-quarter pick-six.

Sam Darnold. (Michael Reaves / Getty Images)

SECOND HALF

The Jets squandered a golden opportunity to tie the game early in the fourth quarter after Miami’s pair of bone-headed penalties.

The Dolphins committed back-to-back personal foul facemask penalties late in the third quarter to seemingly give Jets life. Andre Branch was flagged for grabbing Darnold’s facemask and ripping off his helmet on a third-down sack that would have killed the drive.

On the next play, linebacker Raekwon McMillan grabbed Eli McGuire’s facemask on a two-yard reception to move the Jets into Miami territory. The Jets went from having to punt the ball to 1st down from the Dolphins’ 36 thanks to a couple gifts from the home team.

The Jets got to the Miami 20 before they, well, screwed up. Darnold was sacked (minus-7 yards), the Jets were called for delay of game (five more yards) and an errant shotgun snap resulted in a dropped pass to force Jason Myers to try a 50-yard field goal to tie it at 6-6.

Myers, who had made 19 of 20 field goals to that point this season, pushed his 50-yarder wide right.

Another poor shotgun snap from Long led to Darnold throwing a pick-six to linebacker Jerome Baker on an underthrown pass intended for Eric Tomlinson, putting the Jets in a 13-3 hole with 10:48 left in the fourth quarter. Long, who sat out last week, had three terrible snaps on Sunday.

Myers drilled a 56-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 13-6 with 5:57 left, but picks from Darnold on the Jets final two drives helped pave the way for another Jets loss.

FIRST HALF

The Jets somehow managed to trail only 6-3 at halftime despite struggling much of the first two quarters. Gang Green’s first five drives included four three-and-outs and a turnover that amassed a grant total of 71 yards before they finally put together a solid drive to get points before intermission.

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Darnold & Co. sleepwalked through much of the half against Miami’s 27th ranked defense that had been excoriated the past couple weeks. The Jets trailed by only a field goal at the break despite not converting a third down (0 for 5) and gaining 116 total yards.

Darnold, who had his second crack at the Dolphins after a Week 2 loss, didn’t get into a groove until a seven-play scoring drive in the final minute of the second quarter.

Only three teams through the first half of the season had an average starting field position worse than the Jets (24-yard line). Gang Green was backed up again to start their first three drives (own 15, 12 and 16) that resulted in a pair three-and-outs and a turnover.

Darnold, whose early interception in Week 2 against Miami set the tone for a loss, was picked off late in the first quarter that helped put the Jets in a hole. His pass intended for Deontay Burnett was easily intercepted by linebacker Kiko Alonso, who drifted back into coverage for the first turnover of the game. Brandon Shell’s personal foul during Alonso’s return put the Dolphins into the Jets territory.

Miami turned the turnover into points on Jason Sanders’ 43-yard field goal to put the Jets in a 3-0 hole less than three minutes into the second quarter.

A blitzing Jamal Adams’ deflection of Brock Osweiler’s pass on third and 2 from the Jets 9-yard line late in the first half was pivotal to keep it a one-possession game. Adams’ deflection ruined what looked like a potential touchdown from Osweiler to Kenyan Drake, who was open in the flat. The Dolphins settled for Sanders’ 27-yard field goal to make it 6-0 with 1:19 remaining in the first half.

The Jets offensive woes in the Chicago cold and rain extended to the first half in the Miami heat. Darnold finally heat up with four completions in a two-minute drive capped by Jason Myers’ 48-yard field go to cut it to 6-3 at intermission.

Miami’s ineptitude (2 for 10 on third downs and 3.7 yards per play) coupled with solid Jets defense that held the home team to 134 first-half yards kept this close. It was an ugly first half though with eight total punts.